Paupers
Author: wounded_warrior
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

“Stephen!” Vanessa excitedly greeted as Stephen picked her up for lunch.

Both of them had asked for a three hour lunch break, which Vanessa’s boss happily agreed to. While Stephen on the other hand was subjected to multiple insults by Mr. Ong, but he didn’t care.

Mr. Ong was going to make things difficult for him no matter what.

“Hey love.” Stephen greeted back as he kissed her on the lips before driving them to a high end mall nearby.

He knew that he would have to butter Vaness up before breaking the news about the party to her.

So, he took Vanessa to her favorite restaurant, where Vanessa started to get suspicious.

“Stephen?” Vanessa asked as she looked at her fiance. “Did you do something wrong?”

“No.” Stephen quickly answered, a little too quick, making Vanessa suspicious.

“You made breakfast for me this morning, gave me a gift before we left the house, took me to have lunch in my favorite restaurant, clearly you did something wrong.” Vanessa said as she glared at Steph
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